Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 25,58 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755146727
Hazlerigg, Bohun, Mercer and Petrella all feature in turn in this collection of eighteen short stories; police procedurals and action packed thrillers. Why did the man rob the bank? How could a man disappear in a deserted street? And sixteen more!
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 29,54 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132122
Jonas Pickett, lawyer, leaves the pressure of a London practice behind to set up a new modest office in a quiet seaside resort. He soon finds that he is involved with very odd and sometimes dangerous cases, ranging from an incredible courtroom drama involving a gipsy queen to terrorist thugs who make their demands at gunpoint.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 29,42 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132289
Mr. Calder lives with a golden deerhound named Rasselas. Mr. Behrens keeps bees. No one would suspect the pair are in fact agents and often tasked with jobs that no one else can take on. They are dangerous. Their adventures in this series of thrillers show the author to have a clear grasp of counterintelligence operations.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132386
Patrick Petrella finds himself dealing with arson, blackmail, fraud, forgery and murder. The Thames is a focus for some of the stories, as it is convenient for the dumping of a body and also for arrivals from abroad. This is a fitting accompaniment to the stories contained in the other Petrella volumes.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 46,73 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132394
Karl Mullen is a brutal South African secret policeman in Great Britain to seek the extradition of a black activist. There is an accusation of shoplifting and the witness to this crime ends up dead. The lawyers games and stances begin ... This is a novel about courtroom drama and the seedier underbelly of the law. Justice, however, must prevail.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 47,34 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132238
Dr. Alexander Wolfe seemingly plunges over a cliff in his car. His body is never recovered and it emerges his life was recently insured for a considerable sum. An insurance loss adjuster is sent to investigate. There is romance, possible gang involvement in arson, and a potential job offer in store. Is Wolfe really dead?
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 39,97 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132211
On a commuter train, Paddy sees a man attempting suicide. Intervening, he prevents it. However, the next day the man is found dead, and Paddy believes it to be suspicious. Roping in a friend and lawyer, he determines to discover the truth. They become increasingly suspicious of the dead man’s employers who appear to hire very dangerous staff.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132475
Patrick Petrella is considered a curiosity by his fellow police officers. The son of a Spanish policeman and an English school mistress, he speaks four languages and is as good at picking fine wines as he is locks. These short stories deal with burglaries, delinquents, bent lawyers, gangs, drugs trafficking and murder.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,52 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132424
Tim is secretive about what he had done in the war. A house explodes, killing the occupant with whom Tim had quarrelled. The police latch onto the fact that Tim worked with explosives during the war. Moreover, he could be a suspect in respect of a series of country house burglaries. There is a final twist for the reader to stumble across.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132351
Hugo Greest has a TV adventure series. Unexpectedly he is approached by the Foreign Office. It seems that a Sheik is in the middle of a small war needs a military advisor and wants Hugo for the job. Of course, the international arms trade is involved, and of course there is much more to the post than at first apparent ...
